Supplier Development Engineer

Hace 4 días

Torreón, Coahuila, México Milwaukee Tool Jornada completa

Job Description:

Job Description

At Milwaukee Tool, we are committed to driving innovation, operational excellence, and continuous growth. We are seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to strengthen our strategic supplier network by developing manufacturing capabilities, improving supplier performance, and ensuring long-term supplier readiness to support business growth.

This role serves as the key liaison between Procurement, Supplier Quality, Engineering, Operations, Supply Planning, and suppliers, leading cross-functional initiatives that improve supplier capability, capacity, quality, and delivery performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assess supplier manufacturing capability, capacity, and operational maturity.

  • Validate supplier readiness for new product launches and engineering changes.

  • Identify manufacturing constraints and develop supplier capability roadmaps.

  • Lead supplier recovery and performance improvement initiatives.

  • Drive sustainable corrective actions and verify implementation effectiveness.

  • Improve supplier delivery, quality, and productivity performance.

  • Evaluate supplier capacity against future business demand.

  • Identify bottlenecks and support supplier expansion and localization activities.

  • Lead cross-functional collaboration across Procurement, SQE, Engineering, Operations, Supply Planning, and suppliers.

  • Assess supplier risks related to capacity, quality, delivery, and business continuity, and develop mitigation plans.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

  • 3–5 years of relevant manufacturing, supplier development, operations, quality, or engineering experience.

  • Advanced English proficiency.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.

  • Experience working with contract manufacturers.

  • Experience leading cross-functional continuous improvement projects.

Key Skills

  • Manufacturing process knowledge (metals, plastics, electronics, machining, assembly, packaging)

  • Lean Manufacturing

  • Value Stream Mapping

  • Root Cause Analysis

  • Risk Analysis & Mitigation

  • Operational Excellence

  • Power BI and Excel

  • Statistical Analysis

  • Cost Analysis

  • Strategic Thinking

  • Influencing Skills

  • Change Management

  • Strong Ownership Mindset

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment